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Of Course They Are

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President Obama and his Democratic allies are seizing on the exodus of private insurers from ObamaCare markets to renew their push for a so-called “public option[.]”

Never mind that the revival of this push is a direct result of the broad, expensive failure that is those same Know Betters’ Obamacare.  No, when government fails as miserably as it has done with Obamacare, the only right answer is the Progressive answer: more government.  A bigger hammer.

We can’t have competition and private enterprise do this.  We gotta have Know Betters in Government do this; us mere citizens can’t be trusted with such weighty matters.

A Pseudo-Apology

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Recall that Democratic Party Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said that half of Trump supporters are

…you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the “basket of deplorables”. Right?  …  The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic—you name it.

Now she’s claiming to apologize for her bigoted slur.

Clinton…said: “I regret saying ‘half’—that was wrong. But let’s be clear, what’s really ‘deplorable’ is that Donald Trump hired a major advocate for the so-called ‘alt-right’ movement to run his campaign and that David Duke and other white supremacists see him as a champion of their values.”

Look closely at that statement.  Clinton said she regrets—not apologizes for—the number of folks whom she’s accused of being racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic—you name it.  There’s not a syllable of apology for her actual slur.

Consider, too, that while she’s decrying David Duke’s approval of Trump, an approval Trump has repudiated, Clinton is endorsed by the KKK’s Grand Dragon, Will Quigg, and she’s accepted, with her silence on the matter, that endorsement.

Masquerading that statement as an apology is a lie.

Also keep in mind that her running mate, Senator Tim Kaine (D, VA) says her “apology” is unwarranted, she was right the first time.

With this pair saying that anyone not on their bandwagon is a bigot of one sort or another (to say nothing about lying about “apologizing” and saying even the false apology was unnecessary), what can we expect from them were they to be elected this fall?

Still Holding Hostages

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I wrote about this a bit ago.  Unfortunately, the Democrats in Congress still are at it.  The Senate once again failed to pass a bill funding a response to the Zika virus in Florida and elsewhere in the US, because Senate Democrats blocked it—the bill blocks funding for Planned Parenthood.

Yup.

Shamefully, Senate Democrats still are holding the lives of Americans hostage against their getting their way on an entirely separate issue.

Congress should stick the currently proposed Zika funding into the upcoming budget bill, and then pass that budget through reconciliation.  Force President Barack Obama (D) to sign it or to veto Zika treatment funding—and to veto funding the Federal government.

Some Lives Are More Equal Than Others

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Cornell University is looking for a Dean of Diversity.  OK, they’re looking for a Dean of Students, but an important part of his DOC is his ability to promote diversity.  But the new Dean mustn’t promote diverse diversity, only the diversity of school-favored groups of students.

…one top candidate, Vijay Pendakur…held a “diversity townhall” with students to persuade them to support his candidacy.

Then he let the cat out of the bag.

If I say, “The dean’s area of focus is diversity and inclusion,” the unspoken thought in response often is, “Oh, so he’s here for only the marginalized students.”  So we need to undo that, because that is a deeply problematic framework.  If we’re going to make progress, it needs to be everyone’s conversation.

Cornell’s Vice President for Diversity of Inclusion, Julia Montejo, chose to be offended by this truth.

I’d like to hear more on how that kind of approach and philosophy still puts the concerns of minority students, students of color, underrepresented students, LGBTQ-identifying students and students with disabilities at the forefront….

Because.

Cornell favors some diversity, but not complete diversity.  Some groups of students should just proceed to the back of the Cornell bus.

Climate and Race

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From a piece quoted by What’s Up With That:

Police arrest seven of nine people chained to tripod on runway in protest against impact of air pollution on black people.

Flights have been cancelled at London’s City airport after nine protesters from Black Lives Matter UK got on to the runway and chained themselves together.

And [emphasis in the original]

The group issued a video that said the reason for the protest was that the climate crisis was a “racist crisis”.

The Black Lives Matter movement will manufacture a racism beef out of anything.  They’re projecting, again.